Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-13
LOCAL NEWS.


Read Cunningham 5 money adj. 81
II. W. Phillips was here yesterday.
Yes, this weather is hot enough for
us.
Mutton at the Central meat mar
ket.
Riley Lake and wife are home from
their Colorado trip.
Buy your fresh meats mt Mobiles, in
the gypsum building. az
The best 5 cent cigar in town in at
Pearson's City Drug Store.
Fon RENT-Iwo business rooms, OPP
pOsite the court house. ID. a. McCan-
less.
A two-ton refrigerator keeps all fresh
meat in good order ut the Central meat
market.
Mrs. Thos. Dunn started last Sunday
on visit to her old home in Massa-
Chusetts.
County Treasurer Rogers started to
Topeka yesterday To settle with the
state treasurer.
Ready-mixed paints, of any color de-
sired; the best In the market, at South
worth's drug store. a.
Hats for young men, old men and
boys, soft, stiff or straw at Standiford,
Youmans u Eldrcd's. 50
District Clerk Holmes accompanied
by his son, Master Earl, started Sun.
day 20 Iowa, ON visit.
Lee Corson was up town this week on
crutches. IL has been seven weeks to-
day since his leg was broken.
Rev. J. Sarver will preach at Medi-
cine Lodge, In the Christian church, on
next Sunday eve, July II, 81. All are
invited.
Mrs. Florence Shilling, of Indianapo-
lis, Ind, is here visiting her cousin,
Mrs. G.. w. Vickers, and will remain
until fall.
Farmers, paint your houses, barnes
and fences with the best ready-mixed
paints, TO be had at Pearson's City
Drug store. 8
IL should have been stated in the re-
port of school meeting in this last week
that the length of school term agreed
on was months.
Paint your house with ready-mixed
paints, the best in the market, warrant
cd not TO crack or scale. Sold only by
Southworth, Medicine Lodge. AZ
Persons leaving the city for the sum-
mer, or for any length Of time, can
have the INDEX mailed to their address
and changed weekly at a small cost.
Misses May Carpenter and Minnie
Carney, of Yates Center, are here visit
ing their friend Miss Alice Freeman.
They came over with Capt. Freeman
Sunday.
This week we call the attention of
every citizen who begs, borrows OF
steals the INDEX to the fact that it is
the ne plus ultra TO which a county pa
per may at tain. 1t is full of Barb T
county news of interest to every citizen.
l.. G. Crabb was IN last week, after
the paper was printed, and told us all
about the grand celebration at McCartys
grove, near Deerhead, on the Fourth
lie declared that was the best celebra
ton he had attended since he came to
Kansas.
News was received here this week
that Mr.. Robt. Kerr, the Ohio capital
ist, who Is interested largely in this
county and city, was thrown from his
carriage last week at Nevada, Ohio
and received q fracture of the skull.
lie died from the injury, Monday OF
this week.
At the last regular meetingof Naoma
r. ID. lodge, No. 81, I. o. .. F., the fol.
lowing officers were installed: Mrs. Ida
Nelson, N. c.; Mrs. Ella Allen, VIC;
Il. NJ. Byerly, secretary; John Higgins,
treasurer; W. ii. McCague, warden;
Am. Allen, /. G.. The installing sere-
monies were conducted by ID. ID. G.. NJ.
John Nelson.
A firm that handles only first class
and strictly pure goods, is the oldest
and most reliable in the county, Stan.
diford, -Youmans & Eldred. This firm
is daily in receipt Of an invoice, and
yet IL keeps one man busy ordering
They do not sell at cost, but do not
want exhOrbitant profits. Their bust
ness is conducted on the ''live and LET
live" principle. 3
Delpha Lodge, No. 40, Knights OF
Pythias, installed its new officers Mon
day evening, s. l.. Overstreet. Deputy
Grand Master performing the duty,
Following are the officers: ii. A. Brown.
p. O.; w. II. McCague, c. c.; A. l..
Freeman, Prelate; s. hubert, M. Of E.;
IL. l.. shannon, M. of F.; Jas. Bard
wen, K. of r. & s.; Jas. r. VanCleve
M. Of A. This lodge is in a prosperous
condition.